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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-11-03
PROSECUTED INDIANS.

The reports just received at Wash
white settlers in Arizona read like a
chapter from Helen Hunts "RamOna."
From this report it appears that the
Indians have long been the victims of
outrageous prosecutions by the whites.
Nine years ago, Eskimizin, a pow
erful chief of the Apaches, and num-
Der of his followers, of their own ac-
cord, desiring to live in peace with the
whites, abandoned their tribal rela-
tons, took lands in the San Pedro val
lev under the Indian homestead laws
and built comfortable houses and
barns, irrigated and fenced their lands
and by their own unaided industry ac-
cumulated considerable property. This
was an entirely new departure in the
history of the hitherto fierce Apaches.
Before long white settlers began to
encrOach OH the lands, and unsuccess-
full attempts were made to dispossess
the Indian owners. Since that time
the Indians have been constant victims
of maltreatment, trickery, threats of
violence and impOsitiOns in number
less ways. Many have been arrested
and taken before justices of the peace
upon trumped up charges, all for the
sole purpose of ultimately driving
them from their good homes, that the
whites might take possession. These
prosecutions, says the report, never
caused the Indians to retaliate, but
have accomplished their purpose in
driving Eskimizin and his little band
from San Pedro back to the old reser-
walton. Eskimizin says he does not
wish to struggle longer to come back,
hoping for home and protection from
the whites on the reservation. He
and his people left behind everything.
The old chief left good home, 35 cat
tie, farming implements, go sacks of
corn, a quantity of wheat and barley,
a good wagon, harness and household
furniture. Everything was abandoned
to the whites. The last act of HOSTILE
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-11-03

Sir John Gladstone, father of Will
liam Ewart Gladstone, is reported to
have said of his son: "He is a very
brilliant young man; but mark my
words, he is the most unstable man
within the four seas" It's wise fla
ther that knows his own child.
A terrific smash up occurred Sunday
morning on the Nickel Plate road, two
heavy freight trains colliding near the
scene of the disaster which occurred i'm
September, 1886. The crews did not
know that the trains were upon the
same track until they were only 24O0
feet apart. Both were running 20
miles an hour. The engines plunged
into each other with terrible effect, Is
cars being reduced to kindling wood.
They were piled up as high as the tops
of telegraph poles. An engineer and
fireman were killed. The accident is
believed to have been caused by q
train dispatcher's mistake.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-11-03
Ponape.

A small island in the Pacific known
by the name Ponape (P6na-pe) is
just now exciting considerable at
tention on account of the events fol-
lowing the occupation of the Caroline
Islands by the Spanish. The results
have been disastrous to the missionary
work which, begun in 1852, has been
carried on with more than the usual
beneficial results. A training school
was preparing and sending out teach
ers to other islands who have had the
blessing of God on their labors, and
gathered many converts into the
churches which have been organized
among them.
The imprisonment of the veteran
missionary Rev. E. T. Doane was a
blow which aroused the natives and
showed very clearly the animus of the
Spanish officials. 1t was very difficult
at that time for the other missionaries
to restrain the people from an attempt
to release Mr.. Doane by force. Some
time after the Spanish man-o of war had
carried Mr.. Doane away a prisoner,
the natives taking advantage of the
diminished military force in some way
succeeded in overpOwering the Span
ish force and brief telegram states
that fifty Spanish soldiers and six Ro-
man Catholic priests have been killed
by the natives. 1t is not possible to
tell now what was the immediate
cause of this uprising nor do we know
as yet who were the leaders. The ac-
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-11-03
ARTEMUs WARDS FUNNY LETTER
To a Little Girl at Elmira, N. ", % Years

My Dear Amelia cannot tell you
how much | miss you. 1t seems as
though had lost all my relatives, in
ing stove. Why didn't put you in a
me9 But | am always forgetting
and forgot my Aunt Sarah, and she's a
good deal bigger than you are. Mr..
Ramsey is also very forgetful man.
He frequently goes off and forgets his
washerwOman. Mr. Ramsey is very
fine looking man. He reminds me of
Mr.. Green, the Maiden murderer.
When Mr.. Ramsey goes to the peni-
Tertiary, which will be very soon, we
must send him doughnuts, magazines
and other literary documents. Mr..
Ramsey can read print very well.
l like you very much. l should like
you just as we'll if you were IL years
older. am very singular about some
things. You spoke to me about boy
who is my rival. l should feel very
sorry to kill that boy, but he may drive
me to it. am in hopes that he will
take himself into a premature tomb
that he will choke himself with large
slice of pudding, but if he does neither
1 shall feel forced to load him with
chains and read all my lectures to him.
His boots may remain, but the rest will
have persisted miserably long ere l get
through
You must be good little girl, and
always mind your mother. Never let
your excellent mother feel sorry that
she is acquainted with you. If it
hadn't been for her you might have
been drowned in a soup plate long ago.
And if you hadn't ever had any mother
you might be Turkey with the Tur-
keys. In fact, my dear Amelia, SO
conduct yourself that even on dark
and rainy days the bright sun may shine
wherever you are and that the stars
(Which are next to the sun i'm bright
messy may never flash so brightly but
that you can always look steadily and
hopefully towards them.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-11-03

ward shall the principle we fought for
continue to roll, and so surely as it
moves it shall bring the day of final
triumph. In that triumphal process
sion Abraham Lincoln shall not move
as the rightful president, but jefferson
Davis, the so-called traitor, leader of a
so-called lost cause.
This sort of buncombe raised such a
tornado about the Generals ears, that
he fastened to explain that he merely
desired to express his "intense" con-
victiOn that state sovereignty, or in
other words local self-government, is
the great basis of liberty. Gen. Jack
son is an intense jackass and will not
be likely to repeat his speech again in
this country.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-11-03
@Directly or Indirectly"

The st. Johnsbury Caledonian is in
formed that Col. T. C.. Fletcher, of that
town, never "instigated" a word that
ever appeared in the Argus and Patri-
OF in any form or way, directly or in
DIRECTLY Montpelier Argus, Nov. 2.
Perhaps not directly" Col. Fletch-
or works the Argus through John E.
Harris, of Burlington, who writes St.
Johnsbury (O letters to that paper. If
any evidence is wanted of this fact we
refer to st. JOhnsbury letter in the
same issue with the above paragraph,
in which is copy of the grand list of
several st. Johnsbury people, the same
identical list that Col. Fletcher had
showing all about this town ten days
ago. 1t is quite coincidence" that
these figures should appear in the
same issue of the Argus with the
above sweeping denial
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-11-03
THE TOWNS AROUND.
ST. JOHNSBURY CENTRE.

Fred Lougee has another pull
and is confined again to his room.
Mrs. T. frevillian has gone to Bar
nard to visit her sons who are in trade
there.
The Ladies' mite society is putting a
new Mason s. Hamlin organ into the
Methodist church.-By the way, some
friends are furnishing the parsonage
with an organ.
Our readers will not forget the mis-
sionary meetings at the Methodist
church tomorrow. Rev. Mr.. LamsOn
will speak on "Our Marching Orders"
and Rev. Mr.. Frost will speak i'm the
evening on Goods People in the Fu-
ture of our Land"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-11-03

ty on the part of the whites was the
arrest of six Indians upon false charg-
es and the attempted arrest of the %
others, referred to above.
To the credit of the government be
it said that the Indian officials pro-
nounce the affair a shameful outrage
upon peaceful, law abiding Indians,
and will take such steps as may be
their abandoned property. But just
how much this may mean nobody
knows
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-11-03
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
A Costly Blaze i'm Los Angeles.

n costly blaze IN Los Angeles.
The most extensive fire in the his
tory of Los Angeles broke out at the
California Central railway freight de-
pot last week. 1t started in an oil car
on the track near the depot. In few
minutes the whole freight depot, over
600 feet long, was in flames. The
building was consumed with all it's
contents. 1t was full of freight. The
loss is probably $200,00O.
Shipwreck on Lake Michigan.
A large passenger propeller, known
to be the Vernon of the Northern Mich
igan line, was wrecked in Lake Michi-
gan off ManitOwOc, Wis, Saturday
morning and all on board were lost.
The Vernon was due at Milwaukee
Saturday and had a crew of % men
with several passengers. Capt. Moran
of the Superior saw three or four RATS
with men clinging to them and also a
small boat containing a woman and
three men. Although he made an eff
fort to rescue them the high sea pre-
vented the rendering of any assistance,
the Superior being herself disabled
and requiring the crews best efforts.
The Boston and Names Plans.
A special from Concord to The Jour-
nal says the latest railroad rumor is
that the Boston and Maine, in case it
fails to get possession of the Boston,
Concord & Montreal, will open negO-
tiatiOns for the purchase of the Port
land and Ogdensburg, with view of
extending it from Fabyan's to Scott's,
in Lancaster, on the CONNECTICUT riv-
er, as was originally intended. Then,
after the Upper Coos line is completed
to Groveton, the building of section
of few miles only would be required
to give the Boston and Maine a trunk
line from the Megantic system in Can
ada through COlebrOOk, Lancaster, Fa-
byan's, White Mountains Notch and
Portland to Boston.
Snow storms are reported in Vir-
ginia.
The October reduction of the public
debt is about $l5,OOO,OOO.
Remenyi, the celebrated viOlinist
was drowned recently in a shipwreck
off Madagascar.
Rev. Chas. Sturgeon, the eloquent
London preacher, has withdrawn from
the Baptist union.
1t is claimed that Robert Garrett,
pToSIu0DC Oh InO I)dIGlInOT6 q OlllO
railroad is of unsOund mind.
At DeadwOod, OAK, last week six
teen inches of snow fell, and the ther-
mOmeter also, to 100 below zero.
jeff Davis has been travelling little
in Alabama and Georgia. He was well
coined by salutes of 100 guns and cheer
ing crowds everywhere.
Yellow fever holds its own at Tam
pa, Fla. There have been in all $50
cases with about "a deaths. Fourteen
new cases were reported in one day
last week.
A Georgia man has an old hen that,
since she was Matched, until recently,
was decidedly white. Not long ago
she began molting, and every white |
feather that dropped out was replaced
by black one, and now biddy is clad |
in sombre black from bill to tail.
A New Jersey eccentric has had this
inscription put on his sons grave
stone "He came to his death the 18th
IF October, 1884, by the hand of a care
less drug clerk and two excited doctor
at IL o'clock ut night, in Kansas Citys'
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-11-03
SHEFFIELD.

Charles Cook has moved to Slab City
in Glover.
Sylvester Hall has received his in
surance in full, 1920.
Sumner Phinney had sing here
Tuesday evening and there is some talk
of having a school here.
Eli Eastman has moved to WheelOck
into Elijah Wizards house. William
Peak has moved into the house vacat-
ed by Mr.. Eastman.
JOsephus Brooks was found sense
less in his barn last week where he
had fallen or had had bad spell. He
is suffering severly.
The Free Baptist quarterly meeting
was well attended throughout. All en-
joyed the talks by Miss Phillips, the
returned missionary.
o. w. Chesley is moving to Lyndon
Centre into the Gilman house. War
ner has let his farm to Orville jesse
man and he is going to rest for year.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-11-03
JOHN E. HARRIS WRITING HIS
TORY.

The genial John E. Harris, formerly
publisher of the Index in this place,
but of late publisher of the Burlington
Clipper and editorial writer on the
Montpelier Argus, also st. JOhnsbury
letter writer to the same paper, is a
dangerous man to act as henchman for
a political aspirant, for sooner or later
he gives his principal dead away. Now
Harris and the Caledonian folks are
the best of friends. They lived side
by side here for years without ripple
of disagreement but after leaving
here and allying himself as newspaper
mouthpiece for Col. Truman E. Fetch
er, he feels obliged to pitch into the
CaledOnian on general principles we
suppose. Perhaps he also thinks it
will help his candidate. In the last
Argus Harris drops into history as fol-
lows:
Stones enmity to Fletcher began
when the latter was elected delegate
to the republican national convention
at Chicago. Stone tried to carry the
st. JOhnsbury caucus for Gov. Fair
banks, but only secured two of the
nine delegates to Montpelier, himself
and Col. Franklin Fairbanks. The
seven for Fletcher went to Montpelier
the day before, and when the Fair
banks delegation arrived at noon be-
fore the convention went in at two
O'Clock, there was very little for them
to do.
The portion of the above that refers
to "Stone," is wholly at variance with
ed to run caucuses, as the writer of
the above we'll knows. The part that
relates to Fletcher's action is probably
true, for it is given by his next friend.
Mr.. Harris does not however make the
story complete. He should have add
ed words to this effect: CAT that time
| was printing democratic paper in
st. JOhnsbury and voting the demo-
cratic ticket. Fletcher secured my
services to go to Montpelier to attend
republican state convention which
was to elect delegates to the national
convention at Chicago. Several, in
Guiding Fletcher and myself, went
over the day before the convention
was called. We ascertained that only
four of the nine delegates chosen to
represent St. JOhnsbury were present,
and it was insisted by the Fletcher
men that I should act as one of the al
ternates. My native modesty and
sense of what was political consistency
rebelled at the thought of acting as
delegate in republican convention,
but was Overruled and convinced very
soon that my sensitiveness on this
point was needless, and in fact out of
place; and so [ went in with the rest
of the boys and 'whooped her up for
Fletcher, and with the help of Lyme
Huxley and a few other ardent re-
publicans we nominated him. OF
course | lied when told the delegates
from Washington and other counties
that Caledonia had no candidate to
present for Chicago except Fletcher,
but it was desperate case and we
had to resort to desperate measures.
We got the thing all fixed the night
before, anyway, and although there
were some promises made to other par
ties which we could not fulfill, our can
didate got there which really was all
| cared for"
If Mr.. Harris had added something
like the above to his last letter from
st. Johnsbury (q) it would have had
one merit at least-that of being truth
full.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-11-03
Dangerous Apathy.
Rutland Herald, Oct. 81.

Citizens of Rutland, do you think
you can afford to let the Rutland shirt
company remove their businessq 1t is
not simply that they give employment
here to some $50 girls and a few men,
but if we fail to keep here the indus
tries we have, what hope will there be
of inducing others to comet The cap
ital which must be withdrawn from
this company to settle an estate ought
to be readily supplied here. The bust
ness pays and can easily be increased.
The action of St. Johnsbury calls for
an immediate action here.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-11-03
They Must Hang.

The decision of the United States
supreme court upon the petition for a
writ of error in the case of the Chica-
go anarchists was announced Wednes-
day by Chief Justice Waite, in a long
and carefully prepared opinion, the
substance of which is that the writ of
error prayed for must be denied, and
the verdict of the Illinois jury that the
anarchists must hang is sustained. U.
S. troops have been ordered to Chicago
to be used in case of au outbreak.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-11-03
Land Speculation in California J..

Your "One-lunged" immigrants from
the East come out and buy land for
$1,000 to $4,000 the acre, expecting to
live on raising oranges and pOmegran-
ates in the land where these fruits are
indigenous. Our people have been
starving trying to raise them. In San
BernardinO and Santa Barbara cOun-
ties and in Los Angeles we have the
most absurd land speculation possible.
They have staked out town lots i'm Los
Angeles sufficient for the populations
of London, Paris and Vienna TO starve
in
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-11-03
General jackson.

General Henry Jackson, ex-minister
to Mexico, distinguished himself at a
con, Georgia, last week, by such utter
ances as these:
The world has been told that the
people of the South made the war to
perpetuate African slavery. This is
false. Red with the blood of Confed-
crate heroes, moist with the tears of
Confederate widows and orphans, east
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-11-03

DR.. Damson, who headed the party
sent by the dominion government to ex-
plore the country adjacent to the Alas
ka boundary, has returned. The party
found that q great deal of open gras-
sy country exists along the streams
tributary to the Yukon. No frozen
swamps such as are to be met with in
the interior of Alaska, were discovered
by the expedition. The doctors con-
clusiOn is that the whole country from
Cassian to the vicinity of Forty mile
Creek on the Yukon river yields more
or less gold in placer deposits. This
would constitute Il gold bearing region
fully 500 miles in length by an indefi-
mite width, and which so far, in COM
parisOn to the area, has been very lit
tie prOspected.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-11-03

Col. George w. Hooker of Brattle-
bOrO was elected president of the Yer
mont state Agricultural society at the
annual meeting of that organization
last week. The new board of directors
includes the names of Henry Chase of
Lyndon and C.. j. Bell of East Hard
wick from Caledonia county. 1t is said
that the election of Col. Hooker as
president makes it probable that the
next state fair will be held at Brattle-
bOrO.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-11-03
BurIington's Funny Man,
Rutland Herald.

Collector Smalley says he has be-
come converted to civil service reform,
now that the democrats have got most
of the Offices. Next to Burdette, he is
the greatest humorist in the country.
His next joke was that if lie was a re-
publican he would support James G.
Blaine. Now is the time for our little
joke. He is trying to make himself
solid with the next administration.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-11-03
They Know the Time of Dav.
". Y. Sun.

The prOhibitionists are fully aware
of the time of day. 1t is useless to try
and deceive them. They are very
weary of seeing the republican party
sitting on a keg of whiskey and hold
ing out cup of cold water. The pro-
hibitiOnists mean business, and they
know that the republicans don't, so far
as dealing with the temperance ques-
ton is concerned.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-11-03
Valuable Papers Cheap.
Read What Follows.

We will send the Caledonian and Man
chester Mirror and Farmer in Caledonia
OF Essex Counties one year for s2.15, and
to any post ofice in the u. s, for $3.50 /;
payment in advance. This applies to both
new and old subscribers. The Mirror is q
large eight-page paper and is invaluable
to Farmers, Horsemen. Poultry Raisers
and Grand Army Men, Order the Mirror
with the Caledonian and save money.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-11-03

Green field Gazette.

A Greenfield man, now in Califor-
mia, says that many people who think
they are smart enough to go out there
and make money, find on their arrival
men who are a little smarter than they
are and who manage to get away with
any "surplus" that may burden the
mans pocket.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-11-03
A Word for the President.
Tha Hnaanronnfinaan

The President is to be commended
for his refusal to travel on Sundays,
and for the regularity with which he
attends church, and the hearty respect
he evidently has for the rights and
opinions of Christian people.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-11-03

Gov. Sawyer of New Hampshire sent
another veto message to the senate
Tuesday vetoing the bill authorizing
the Boston & Lowell or Boston &
Maine to lease the Northern railroad,
and, if leased by Lowell, permitting
Maine to guarantee and assume cove
nants of such lease. Gov. Sawyer
doesn't seem to be very warmly in
clined toward the Boston & Maine.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-11-03
WALDEN.

C. G.. Gile is visiting friends in Bar
ton.
Mrs. G.. P. Stevens and daughter LIE
da are spending a few days in Man
chester and Boston.
O. E. Lane, who has been visiting
friends in town for the past week, re-
turned to Barton Monday.
There is a rumor of having a singing
school at South Walden this winter. 1t
will be an excellent thing if they can
secure good teacher.
Mrs. S. Patch is on the sick list
Mrs. Bradford is quite low with heart
trOuble.-Miss Gertie White who has
been ill with typhoid fever is cOnva-
lescing.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-11-03

Another member of President Cleve-
lands cabinet is Frustrated. Secretary
Whitney is at New York resting by the
advice of his physician. For the past
year the secretary has had trouble
some headaches which have grown
more and more severe and frequent,
until now he is unable to work. Many
think that he may be obliged to with
draw from the cabinet though his ply
sicans say that absolute rest will re-
store him to health.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-11-03
Good for the Gazette.
Montpelier Waterman.

The CaledOnian is mistaken in class
ing the Greenfield Gazette ian anti
Blaine paper in Massachusetts, as ga
staunch, dyed-in-thew wool republican
newspaper" 1t belongs to the same
class as the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES kick
era.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-11-03

The Springfield Union sizes up the
social and financial situation of q good
many people when it says that four
teen days week are now needed in
order to find time to attend to the
business of securing IA proper mOdicum
of the staff of life and also to the de-
mands of home, church, and call the
clubs, guilds, associations, circles, CO.
terieS, etc"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-11-03
The CalGdOnian and Good Housekeeping.

Good Housekeeping, published every
with the Caledonian in Caledonia and Els
sex Counties, $3.50 a year; outside these
counties, So IS.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-11-03

AprOpOs to a taunt that men of third
parties were "vOting in the air." Carl
Schurz says: "We prefer voting in the
air to voting in the mud"